I just want some Mcdonalds....

Hello everyone! It is Heather and I am still alive and well! I wanted to write about something I saw today plus update you on a few things which has been happening here since last time I wrote! Let see here today we went to one of the rural churches to help out and attend the bible study the missionary Steve leads there. After he taught about Isaiah which was stinkin awesome because he is my favorite prophet. The ladies all got up and began placing items on this table like there was a box of matches, a wooden spoon, some clothing items, plastic litter bottles that were empty, just a bunch of random items. The ladies began singing and circling the table. I was watching this trying to figure out what in the world was going on. Then at one point one of the ladies grabbed something off the table and then the next lady in line and then the next the whole time they kept circling the table and going down the line until everything was taken off the table. I was so mesmorized by this that after everything was said and done I asked our translator who was one of the ladies what that was all about. She began to tell me that each lady brings something they no longer use or something of excess just something that someone else can have or use. The missionary told me they started this after he taught them about Acts where it said that each gave and there was a need. They decided to start this after he taught that. I asked well how do you decide like when to start grabbing and she told me the first person in line get to choose first and then it goes down the line. You are only supposed to take what you need and not anymore. Believe it or not it works. The lady was also telling me that they can use anything for the most part that nothing here goes to waste. The plastic coke litters we throw away they can use for storing milk or other things. Glass jars they use those for preserving fruit. I thought it was rather interesting!
We also since last time I wrote on here got to present to a school. We thought we were only going to get to present to like a small group at the high school only to get there and find out we got the whole school. We only got like 30 minutes to present so Sienna presented and it was about to 300 kids. Afterwards, we had them if they wanted to make commitment to abstain from sex til marriage come get cards from us and kids flooded us. It was so CRAZY! We had a huge stack of cards and still we ran out! It was unlike anything I have ever seen.
We have officially been here a month today! Which is very exciting because Sienna and I talked tonight and we both are beginning to feel like we are adjusting and we actually live here and are not just visitors here anymore. Yeah, we have made it one month and now we have officially 5 more months to go. I am excited to see what the Lord is going to do I feel like there is a lot of potential here. I just pray we can get the wheels moving! Okay, well I think that is about it for now. I am really sleepy and cannot really think at the moment. I miss you all…believe it or not I was craving a Mcdonald’s hamburger and sweet tea today…..

Fourth of July...Even in Africa!

Hello everyone! I am still alive and well in Africa! Let see here since I have last written on here we have left Manzini but we did go back just a couple of days ago and do our first True Love Wait presentation at one of the high schools there. I think it went really well especially considering it was our first time doing the presentation. We presented to about 50 or something high school and we had about 30 of them at the end come and make commitments to wait to have sex til they were married from that day on which is very exciting. The teachers that sat in were really good also we had one come up to me at the end and told em He appreciated that we were willing to come all the way from America and share such an important message. He was glad we were there and thought we had a really good program and it was just really cool to have that. It really I think put things in to perspective for Sienna and I. Plus, we got to have one of the nationals named Tommy come along with us and at the end he was able to present the commitment cards in SiSwati also during the presentation he was able to help us out by reading some of the scriptures used in SiSwati. It was just a big help and a blessing! I pray that the nationals are able to come every time.
We also have celebrated the Fourth of July since the last time I have been on here. We had an Afro-American fourth or at least that is what we were calling it. We had the missionaries on the teams here come to one of the missionaries Monica house. We had hotdogs, hamburgers, baked beans, coleslaw, my personal fav banana pudding and choc brownies. We hung out and played Wii and it was a fun time to be had by all. It was really weird though because it had rained that morning where we are and it was so incredibly cold on the fourth. We did all of our festivities inside by the fire place which seemed a little crazy and a part of me wished I was at home celebrating where I knew it was probably stinkin hot! It is all good! Yeah, life here is good and I think we are starting to adjust a little more every day. Sienna is beginning to master the technique of building a fire (I keep calling her our lil girl scout) and I think I may have public transportation mastered…maybe! Also, I am starting to turn into a reg betty crocker! Sienna is teaching me how to cook it is quite comical but in due time it will come! I think this is about it for now….Hope you are all doing well! I love you all!